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"Foreign troops gear up to enter Iraq."

Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the international troops — up to 20,000 of them — are "gearing up" to go to Iraq.

One division will be led by the United Kingdom and the other by Poland, and there is a potential for a third division, he said.

"The flow would start in probably July, August and probably finish out in September," Gen. Myers told reporters.

Gen. Myers said "five or six countries or more" will add troops to the divisions. A third international peacekeeping division could be led by India, defense officials said.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the foreign troops would reduce the burden on the U.S. military.

"The more that are there, the fewer of U.S. troops we have to have," Mr. Rumsfeld said.

And I say Amen to that.